Twin Falls

Shoshone Falls were pretty amazing. All the kiddos fit on this great big rock. Lucky for us all of our kids are 3-4 weeks apart except for Dallin who is the oldest of the bunch. They all play great together. Thanks Giselle for letting us come and visit and hang out with you guys. We had a great time.
This is my amazing sister right after our 30 minute workout at the YMCA. She is the workout queen. I really admire her for it. It was so fun to hang out with her and her kids. I wish we could be next door neighbors and see eachother every day. Too bad we have to live so far away. Lucky for us we can drive to see eachother. It is so great that our kids are all growing up and can all play together. I always think of my little sister as a little girl. But, now we have kids the same age and I am so glad to have her. I feel like she should be the older one. I learn so much from her and we had a great time hanging out with their family.



My Mom flew out to visit us so that Justin and I could go on a few dates and she drove with me to visit my sister in Twin Falls, Idaho. What a great Mom I have who can find the time to help us get together. I always wish I could have gotten more pictures.

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Sledding
















This weekend we decided to take the kids sledding up in the mountains. We had such a great time. We went with our friends The Woodbury's. It was so fun to spend time together. Even Jayden had a great time even though his hands were frozen.

Great Mom Moments

There are some times as a Mom, where I am just so proud to be a Mom and feel such a burst of love for my kiddos. Dallin is learning so much this year. He is growing up so much in one year. I guess that is what school is supposed to do. I love to see how he has developed his artistic abilities. He often says that he likes to do "Abstract painings", I don't think I knew what abstract art was when I was 5 years old. The great part is what Dallin is absorbing. The other day Justin wrote "I (heart ) you" on the chalkboard in our kitchen. I was excited to see message written from my hubby so I told the kids what Daddy had written. Dallin remembered this, because a few days later. Justin and I were so tired and Elise and Jayden were sleeping. We told Dallin that he needed to find something to do while we took a nap. To our surprise when we woke up from our naps Dallin had written us and drawn these great letters. I didn't take a picture of Justin's letters, but I was so impressed that Dallin had done these on his own and he wrote "I (heart) you" just the way that Justin had written it a few days earlier. It was truly a great Mom moment. Nothing is greater than when your child first writes, "I love you" especially for you. Dallin drew a picture of us picking apples from apple trees.
He also drew a picture of us shopping a t the grocery store.

This says to : Mom, Frum: Dallin.
I will definately treasure these cards forever.
But my great moment doesn't end there. The other day I told Dallin that if he did some extra chores around the house, that I would give him an extra ticket to get 2 toys at the Dollar Store. He was so excited to do more chores around the house. When we got to the Dollar Store Dallin said "I've been thinking about my 2nd toy, I don't really need any more toys, instead, I really want to get something for the kids in Haiti." He didn't want to get something for himself, instead he chose to use his hard earned money that he had worked extra hard for, for the kids in Haiti. This just made me so happy. We have been getting stuff to assemble humanitarian kits for the kids in Haiti, so, Dallin chose without me even hinting, that instead of a prize for himself, he wanted to get some bandaids for our kit that we were sending to the people of Haiti. What a great spirit Dallin has, I really do love this kid so much. It is so great to be a Mom, and to be blessed with these moments where you just realize how special these kids really are. I truly do love being a Mom and watching my kids grow and learn.


Taken a Long Break

I have taken a long break from blogging, but I need to get back to work. I love to post pictures and hope to print off our blog as our family journal. So, I try to blog every week. Every now and then I just get so many things to do. We have been up to so many things, and you will see what I mean:
Elise painted her eyebrows with my eyeshadow. After she did this, I put some on my eye lids. Elise said "Oh, I guess I wasn't supposed to paint my eyebrows, right Mommy? I was supposed to paint my eyelids." It was so cute and I still love her blue eyebrows.

The crazy part is that Elise loves to take care of her brother. She decided to paint Jayden's eyebrows as well as his face. And then Jayden decided to crawl into the sink. What crazy kiddos I have. We took Jayden out to eat without completely cleaning off his face. A lady came up to us and said "Wow he's got quite the bruise", we had to say it was really just blue eyeshadow. That's what happens when you have a sister who loves make-up.

Elise not only loves make-up, but she loves princesses. She is always dressed up as a princess or a ballerina.


We have just completed our week on Australia. We made some pretty cool Kangaroos. (this is a kangaroo that Dallin is holding). We are going to complete our week by watching a Kangaroo movie called Kangaroo Joe.



Elise and Jayden dancing. It is so funny to watch Elise and Jayden together, they actually have a lot of fun together.






Last week was our Antarctica week. We made some pretty cold penguins. Elise had a great time.



Dallin made this great penguin and named him "Pengi". It was fun to talk about penguins and learn more about Antarctica. So, this is what we have been up to. But, there is more, just wait....







Jayden doesn't want to miss out on all of these fun art projects, so he got a hold of Dallin's paint and decided to paint his face. Too bad for me that he did this right before Justin got home. Justin got home and had quite the surprise. I guess our house isn't always spotless when Daddy comes home.






Dallin and I built this great snow fort. It was fun, but we are quite happy if Spring is coming soon.